Human Smuggling

Two suspected undocumented immigrants suffocated to death aboard a freight train and 10 others in need of medical care were taken by helicopter or ambulance to hospital on Friday in south Texas, police said.

Pope Francis has called out the human traffickers behind a recent shipwreck in southern Italy that resulted in the deaths of scores of migrants.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration by increasing penalties for human smuggling, strengthening statutes for the detention of illegal aliens, requiring universal use of E-Verify, enhancing penalties for document falsification, and prohibiting the issuance of ID cards to people not lawfully in the country.

The Biden administration is proposing new rules, similar to a Trump-era policy, to reduce fraudulent asylum claims and discourage illegal immigration by presuming asylum ineligibility for migrants crossing through other nations to reach the U.S. Southern Border.

Former acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan says all United States borders should be secured.

Agents patrolling the northern border were asked to deploy to Florida due to a large surge in illegal migrants in recent months.

The figure signifies a rise from $500 million in annual profits from human trafficking in 2015, a 2,540% increase.

A Rhode Island high school's assistant principal allegedly sent out an email asking staff to send donations to pay a human smuggling cartel for trafficking a student over the Mexican border.

Article IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution authorizes the governor to “call forth the militia to execute the laws of the state, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.”

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